Northrop Grumman Corporation's Long Duration Propulsive ESPA (LDPE)-3A spacecraft has launched successfully into near-geostationary orbit in support of the US Space Force’s USSF-67 mission. This spacecraft helps advance rapid access to space for the US Space Force and marks the…
Perth-based ship designer and builder Austal Limited has diversified its revenue base by winning a number of contracts worth potentially US$75 million that could expose the company to significant long-term growth opportunities. While not necessarily material on an individual commercial…
NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have announced a collaboration to demonstrate a nuclear thermal rocket engine in space, an enabling capability for NASA crewed missions to Mars. The two agencies will partner on the Demonstration Rocket…
NASA has selected Boeing and its industry team to lead the development and flight testing of a full-scale Transonic Truss-Braced Wing (TTBW) demonstrator airplane. The technologies demonstrated and tested as part of the Sustainable Flight Demonstrator (SFD) program will inform…
Western Australian company Austal Limited has been awarded a time and material (T&M) contract by General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) for structural assembly fabrication in support of the US Navy's nuclear-powered Virginia Class submarine program. The contract, potentially worth up…
French undersea autonomy specialist Exail took part in the US Navy’s recent Digital Horizon Unmanned & Artificial Intelligence Exercise in Bahrain. The U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet held the three-week exercise in December to test new unmanned technologies, as part of…
The Innovative Launch, Automation, Novel materials Communications and Hypersonics program, or iLAuNCH, at the University of Southern Queensland (UniSQ) has recruited former Director of the South Australia Space Industry Centre (SASIC), Darin Lovett, as Executive Director. Mr Lovett will be…
Organised by Singapore’s Ministry of Defence (MINDEF) and Enterprise Singapore, the Defence Innovation Challenge 2022 supports Singapore’s growth as a hub for the global innovation ecosystem and offers product innovation and commercialisation opportunities to innovative solution providers. Applications close 31 January –…
The NSW Quantum Computing Commercialisation Fund (QCCF) has opened for applications. This $7 million, single round, competitive technology development and commercialisation program is focused on quantum computing and funded by the NSW Government through its Future Economy Fund’s Commercialisation Pathways…
The Sydney based Defence Innovation Network (DIN) invites industry and Defence to help identify defence-relevant R&D problems. Selected problems will be discussed at the DIN’s Sandpit Workshop in March and will be used in the call for proposals via DIN’s Pilot Project grant program. Successful…